New Propaganda

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Some years ago I made an adaption of the beautiful open-source font _Old Standar
 for my own use. I have been using this a lot as my programming font but I had never made it public.
 Despite the typeface still has some room for improvement, I decided perhaps I should upload it in case someone
 finds this useful or wants to help developing it, as there are almost no free alternatives of this kind of
-monospace fonts out there.
+monospace fonts out there. In 2021 summer, I channelled some of my COVID-19 boredom into creating a new weight.
 
 I felt that it is very much non-"standard" in the computer science/programming community
 to use this kind of typeface in programming, so I named it "New Heterodox" as opposed to
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ letters more uniform. So for some glyphs I have got a little creative, liberally
 still taken care to retain the metalish feeling. Also the contrast has been slightly adjusted compared to Old
 Standard in order to improve readability in small size.
 
+In 2021, I added a "Bold" weight, although most professional type designers would perhaps rather call it "Medium" or
+"Semi-bold". I named it "Bold" anyway because some editors may not be smart enough to automatically pick up the
+name "Medium". In traditional non-coding typography, the medium weight is usually not strong enough to make a piece
+of text visually stand out from the long body text, but coding is a bit different, as nowadays most people use syntax
+highlighting or at least some sort of colour coding in their programming editors. In such an environment, the
+visual contrast is achieved primarily via colours but not font weights, where the latter only serves to add typographic
+variation and increase the contrast created by the colours. Therefore I decided to make a lighter bold weight,
+which is usually more comfortable to read in a smaller size but still can add some weight to the already colour-coded text.
+
 Further improvement may be to add more glyphs/language support. Greeks would be my priority if I had time because
 science is what I use this typeface for. Of course, any contribution is welcome.